Iggy Pop

James Newell Osterberg, Jr., known professionally as Iggy Pop , is an American singersongwriter, musician and actor. He is the vocalist of influential protopunk band The Stooges, who reunited in 2003, and has been known for his outrageous and unpredictable stage antics.

James Newell Osterberg, Jr. was born in Muskegon, Michigan, the son of Louella and James Newell Osterberg, Sr., a former high school English teacher and baseball coach at Fordson High School in Dearborn, Michigan. Osterberg was raised in a trailer park in Ypsilanti, Michigan. He is of English and Irish descent on his fathers side, and Norwegian and Danish ancestry on his mothers side. His father was adopted by a Swedish American family and took on their surname . In a 2007 Rolling Stone interview, Pop explained his relationship with his parents and their contribution to his music

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